average out
phrasal verb
averaged out; averaging out; averages out
: to produce a result that is even and balanced when looked at over a period of time
The irregularities averaged out over the course of the study.
Sometimes you win, and sometimes you lose. It all averages out in the end.
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Denver Public Schools, the state’s largest district, gave teachers partial raises last year and now has proposed a $400 pay increase for the next academic year, which averages out to a 0.47% cost-of-living raise.
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Jessica Seaman, Denver Post, 21 Apr. 2025
There are 42 million new infections each year — that averages out to one new person infected each second.
—Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 18 Dec. 2024
Left Bank had 36 members of staff, meaning the bonuses would have averaged out at more than £280,000 per employee.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 3 Mar. 2025
The upside is that repeating the same computation and averaging out the results could make conventional quantum error correction unnecessary.
—IEEE Spectrum, 9 Jan. 2025
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Jessica Seaman, Denver Post, 21 Apr. 2025
There are 42 million new infections each year — that averages out to one new person infected each second.
—Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 18 Dec. 2024
Left Bank had 36 members of staff, meaning the bonuses would have averaged out at more than £280,000 per employee.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 3 Mar. 2025
The upside is that repeating the same computation and averaging out the results could make conventional quantum error correction unnecessary.
—IEEE Spectrum, 9 Jan. 2025
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“Average out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/average%20out. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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